This week onCounterSpin: The White House has been under scrutiny for a variety ofcivil liberties– andhuman rights-related policies. In mid-December, George Bush reluctantly agreed to support Senator John McCain’s so-called anti-torture legislation. Also in December, theNew York Timesrevealed that the White House was directing domestic spying, whileNBC Newsrevealed that the Pentagon was doing its own domestic spying on activist groups. We’ll talk to Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights about these stories.